Zhang Ziyu, a fourteen-year-old Chinese girl, became popular when a video of her playing basketball and towering above her friends went viral.
The 7-foot-4 prodigy from East China’s Shandong Province became a trending topic on Thursday, when she scored 42 points, grabbed 25 rebounds, and blocked six shots to help her team win a championship in Jingzhou.
7’4” Zhang Ziyu is 14 YEARS OLD ?
She put up 42 PTS, 25 REB, & 6 BLK to win China Nationals ?
(via @globaltimesnews) pic.twitter.com/teAAfx2F8v
— Overtime (@overtime) July 15, 2021
Zhang was instantly compared to Yao Ming, a former NBA great and Chinese basketball player who stands 7-foot-6. As per the Global Times, Zhang was 5-foot-2 in the first grade and 6-foot-9 in the sixth school.
Zhang grew up in a basketball household; both of her parents were professional players, and her mother, Yu Ying, was a member of the national women’s basketball team in China.
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